CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS TO UN

UNCLASSIFIED SECTION 01 OF 02 ZAGREB 01589 SIPDIS USMISSION USNATO 1107 USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0318 COMSIXTHFLT//N2// CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON//N24// CTF SIXTWO CTF SIXONE USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ5// UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ZAGREB 01589 SIPDIS E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PGOV SUBJECT: CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ¶1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF NOVEMBER 11, 1991 LETTER FROM DR. ZVONIMIR SEPAROVIC ADDRESSED TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL APPEALING FOR ASSISTANCE FOR DUBROVNIK. BEGIN TEXT. SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UN NEW YORK NOVEMBER 11, 1991 GENTLEMEN, ACCORDING TO LATEST NEWS DUBROVNIK - THE TOWN UNDER UNESCO PROTECTION AS A CULTURAL MONUMENT OF WORLDWIDE SIGNIFICANCE - IS BEING SHELLED WITH A VENGEANCE. THE OLD PART OF THE CITY AND ITS HISTORICAL CORE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01589 01 OF 02 121342Z CONTAINING MOST VALUABLE MONUMENTS OF THE CROATIAN AND WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE HAS NOW COME UNDER HEAVIEST ATTACKS, WHILE THERE IS ALREADY STREET FIGHTING IN ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE TOWN OF VUKOVAR THAT HAS BEEN UNDER SIEGE SINCE SEPTEMBER IS SUBJECT TO FEROCIOUS ATTACKS. ITS REMAINING 15,000 INHABITANTS LIVE IN CELLARS UNDER RUINS, WITHOUT WATER, ELECTRICITY AND THE BASIC NECESSITIES, WHILE THEIR VERY LIVES ARE UNDER CONSTANT THREAT. AS WAS DECLARED IN THE STATEMENT BY THE HEADS OF STATES AND GOVERNMENTS AT THE NATO COUNCIL IN ROME, ON NOVEMBER 8, THE CONTINUING ATTACKS ON DUBROVNIK AND OTHER CROATIAN TOWNS ARE OUT OF ALL PROPORTION. WE WANT TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF THE WORLD PUBLIC TO THE FACT THAT ASIDE FROM THE YUGOSLAV FEDERAL ARMY THERE ARE ALSO UNITS MADE UP OF SERBIAN AND MONTENEGRIN RESERVISTS TAKING PART IN THESE BRUTAL ATTACKS. THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFICIENT AND RAPID INTERVENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WE WERE CALLING FOR SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE AGGRESSION AGAINST CROATIA, MADE POSSIBLE THE COMMITMENT OF NUMEROUS WAR CRIMES AGAINST UNARMED CIVILIANS, UNPROTECTED URBAN CENTRES AND CULTURAL MONUMENTS OF NATIONAL AND WORLDWIDE SIGNIFICANCE BY THE YUGOSLAV ARMY. DESTRUCTION ON THIS SCALE HAS NO PRECEDENT IN OUR MODERN HISTORY. WE ARE APPEALING TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01589 01 OF 02 121342Z STOP THIS BARBARIC AND INHUMAN DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, HUMAN LIFE AND CULTURAL TREASURES. WE ENTREAT YOU TO TAKE IMMEDIATE AND URGENT STEPS IN ORDER TO SEPARATE THE AGGRESSOR FROM THE VICTIM AND TO UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01589 02 OF 02 121343Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 ADS-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 DODE-00 CSCE-01 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 IO-19 L-03 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 SCT-03 SNP-01 SP-01 SSO-00 SS-01 TRSE-00 T-01 /052W -------------- AAEB04 121343Z /38 O 121223Z OCT 91 FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9943 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE USIA WASHDC 0836 AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG AMEMBASSY MADRID AMCONSUL MILAN AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMCONSUL MUNICH AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE AMEMBASSY VIENNA UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01589 02 OF 02 121343Z USMISSION USNATO 1108 USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0319 COMSIXTHFLT//N2// CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON//N24// CTF SIXTWO CTF SIXONE USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE//ECJ3/ECJ5// UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 02 ZAGREB 01589 SIPDIS E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PGOV SUBJECT: CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL PUBLICLY DECLARE BEFORE THE WHOLE WORLD THAT THE YUGOSLAV FEDERAL ARMY AND SERBIA ARE THE AGGRESSORS, WHO WILL HAVE TO BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CRIMES COMMITTED. WE ARE HEREWITH URGING YOU TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN ORDER TO SAVE DUBROVNIK, VUKOVAR AND THE OTHER CROATIAN TOWNS THAT ARE NOW ENCIRCLED AND EXPOSED TO INCESSANT SHELLING AND BOMBING AND TO BRUTAL AND RUTHLESS DESTRUCTION THAT HAS NO EQUAL IN RECENT HISTORY. HOPING THAT YOU WILL GIVE THIS MATTER YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, I REMAIN FAITHFULLY YOURS, UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01589 02 OF 02 121343Z DR. ZVONIMIR SEPAROVIC MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA END TEXT. EINIK UNCLASSIFIED NNNN